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AbstractThe mammalian tail, present in all mammalian species, has evolved as a surprisingly multi‐purpose and important appendage. The major conservative feature appears to be retention of the tail as a single, unbranched appendage; otherwise, colour, shape, size and mobility vary greatly.Not all of the adaptations discussed are common to all mammalian orders, and no single mammalian order has all the different adaptations occurring in it. These diverse functions may be useful in interpreting behavioural observations, and function as potential guideposts for further investigatio

ISSN:0305-1838    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2907.1979.tb00252.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThis paper reviews the past known history of the Harvest mouse and presents the results of a survey of the distribution and status of the animal in Britain. Data are included which demonstrate the wide variety of habitats colonized by the Harvest mouse and the diversity of monocotyledonous plants that can be utilized for nest building. The survey has shown that there is no evidence of a decline in the distribution or abundance of this animal in Britain during the last century, and that the sparsity of earlier records was probably due to the lack of competent recorders.

ISSN:0305-1838    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2907.1979.tb00253.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviewed in this article:ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF EUROPEAN HARE POPULATIONSEdited by Zygmund Pielowski&Zdzislaw Pucek. Polish Hunting Association, Warsaw, 1976.THE BIOLOGY OF MARSUPIALSEdited by Bernard Stonehouse&Desmond GilmoreAFRICAN UNGULATES: a comparative review of their ethology and behavioural ecologyBy Walter Leuthold.ECOLOGY OF RED DEERBy Brian Mitchell, Brian W. Staines&David Welch. Institute of Terrestrial EcologyTHE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WHALEby L. Harrison Matthews.THE MAMMALS OF THE PALEARCTIC REGION: a taxonomic reviewby G. B. Corbet. British MuseumDEVELOPMENT IN MAMMALSVolume 3. Edited by Martin H. Johnson.RECENT ADVANCES IN PRIMATOLOGYedited by D. J. Chivers and othersVolume 1 ‐Behaviour; edited by D. J. Chivers&J. Herbert: Pp 980, 19.20.Volume 2 ‐Conservation; edited by D. J. ChiversVolume 3 ‐ Evolution; edited by D. J. Olivers&K. A. JoyseySEX DETERMINATION AND SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN MAMMALSby Alfred GlucksmannHANDBUCH DER SAUGETIERE EUROPAS. Band 1: Nagetiere 1.Edited by Jochen Niethammer and Franz Krapp.MAMMALS ‐ THEIR LATIN NAMES EXPLAINEDby A. F. Gotch.EVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES OF THE MAMMALIAN MIDDLE EARBy Gerald Fleischer. Springe

ISSN:0305-1838    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2907.1979.tb00254.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0305-1838    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2907.1979.tb00255.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

数据来源: WILEY